чай

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See also: чаи and чај

Belarusian

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Noun

чай (čajm inan (genitive ча́ю, nominative plural чаі́, genitive plural чаёў)

  1. tea
    Synonym: гарба́та (harbáta)
    зялёны чайzjaljóny čajgreen tea
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 193:
      Усе чацвёра па-сяброўску селі за маленькі стол і пачалі піць чай пад зыркім наглядам гэтай маладой лэдзі.
      Usje čacvjóra pa-sjabróŭsku sjeli za maljenʹki stol i pačali picʹ čaj pad zyrkim nahljadam hetaj maladój ledzi.

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References

  • чай”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • чай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Чай

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic (compare Turkish çay), from Chinese (chá).

Pronunciation

Noun

чай (čajm (relational adjective ча́ен)

  1. tea

Declension

References

  • чай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Erzya

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

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Noun

чай (čaj)

  1. tea

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чай”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Karaim

Etymology

Ultimately from Sinitic (chá).

Noun

чай (çay)

  1. tea

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “чай”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

Derived from Turkic (compare Turkish çay), from Chinese (chá).

Noun

чай (cay) (Arabic spelling چاي)

  1. tea

Declension

Nivkh

Etymology

From Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

Noun

чай (ț’aj)

  1. (Amur, East Sakhalin) tea

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāy.

Noun

чай (čay)

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in Northern Altai · (layout · text) · category
spring:
час (čas)
summer:
тьай (tʹay),
дьай (dʹay),
чай (čay),
йай (yay)
autumn:
кӱс (küs)
winter:
кыш (kïš)

References

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чай”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak čaj, ultimately from Sinitic (chá). Doublet of тея (teja).

Pronunciation

Noun

чай (čajm inan (related adjective чайов or чайни)

  1. tea
    Synonym: (less common) тея (teja)
    вариц чайvaric čajto make tea

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Russian

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Чай

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Turkic (compare Turkish çay), from Chinese (chá).

Noun

чай (čajm inan (genitive ча́я, nominative plural чаи́, genitive plural чаёв, relational adjective ча́йный, diminutive чаёк or чаёчек)

  1. tea (in all senses: the drink, the plant, the dried leaves, or tea-drinking)
    ани́совый чайanísovyj čajanise tea
    кирпи́чный чайkirpíčnyj čajbrick tea
    кита́йский чайkitájskij čajChinese tea
    цвето́чный чайcvetóčnyj čajrose tea
    цейло́нский чайcejlónskij čajCeylon tea
    кре́пкий чайkrépkij čajstrong tea
    сла́бый чайslábyj čajweak tea
    сла́дкий чайsládkij čajsweet tea
    стака́н ча́юstakán čájua glass of tea
    ча́шка ча́яčáška čájaa cup of tea
    пригласи́ть кого́-то на ча́шку ча́яpriglasítʹ kovó-to na čášku čájato invite someone for tea
    Да́йте мне, пожа́луйста, кило́ ча́ю.Dájte mne, požálujsta, kiló čáju.I’d like a kilo of tea, please.
    • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава третья”, in Жемчужное ожерелье; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Pearl Necklace, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Я получи́л из рук го́рничной стака́н ча́ю и усе́лся чита́ть де́ло, кото́рое за́втра начина́лось у нас в суде́ и представля́ло для меня́ нема́ло тру́дностей.
      Ja polučíl iz ruk górničnoj stakán čáju i usélsja čitátʹ délo, kotóroje závtra načinálosʹ u nas v sudé i predstavljálo dlja menjá nemálo trúdnostej.
      I received a glass of tea from the maid’s hand and sat down to read the case that was to begin the next day in our court and which presented me with no little difficulty.
  2. tip (small monetary gratuity for a service worker)
    да́ть на ча́йdátʹ na čájto leave a tip
    получи́ть чай (за что-либо)polučítʹ čaj (za što-libo)to get tipped (for something)
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Etymology 2

Clipping of ча́ю (čáju), first-person singular present of ча́ять (čájatʹ).

Interjection

чай (čaj)

  1. (colloquial) methinks, must be, may be, hopefully, probably
    ты, чай, замёрз?ty, čaj, zamjórz?you must be freezing!

Etymology 3

Verb

чай (čaj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ча́ять (čájatʹ)

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

Compare to Azerbaijani çay.

Noun

чай (čay)

  1. river
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Persian چای (čây), Sanskrit चाय (cāya), from Sinitic (MC drae, “tea”).

Noun

чай (čay)

  1. tea

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāy. Cognate with Khakas чайғы (çayğı), Shor чайғы, Kyrgyz жай (jay), Southern Altai јай (ǰay), Karachay-Balkar джай (cay), Tatar җәй (cäy), Turkmen ýaý etc.

Noun

чай (çay) (definite accusative чайны, plural чайлар)

  1. summer

Udmurt

Чай.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

Noun

чай (ćaj)

  1. tea

Declension

References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “чай”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 717
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278

Ukrainian

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чай

Pronunciation

Noun

чай (čajm inan (genitive ча́ю, nominative plural чаї́, genitive plural чаї́в, relational adjective ча́йний, diminutive чайо́к or чайо́чок)

  1. tea
    Synonym: (Western Ukrainian) герба́та (herbáta)
    зеле́ний чайzelényj čajgreen tea
  2. (figurative) teatime

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Urum

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāy.

Noun

чай (çay)

  1. river.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Sinitic (chá).

Noun

чай (çay)

  1. tea

References

  • Oleksandr Harkavecʹ (2000) Urumsʹkyj Slovnyk [Urum-Ukrainian Dictionary], Almaty: Ynstytut Sxodoznavstva Myžnarodnyx Vydnosyn Xarkyvsʹkyj Kolehyum, →ISBN